For the 13th year in a row, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) voted to hike toll rates for drivers. On July 21, the PTC approved
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Month: July 2020
Is there a serial semi truck shooter in Michigan?
Two shootings targeting truckers on a Michigan interstate occurred months apart — but they share unnerving similarities. This week, CDLLife reported on a shooting that
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Hamilton man dead after being hit by truck on the Linc: police
Hamilton police say a 27-year-old man is dead after being struck by a truck on the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway. The man left his vehicle around 4
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Tractor-trailer rolls over on the Trans-Canada Highway
TORONTO — Dramatic dash cam footage posted to social media shows a semi truck rolling over on the Trans-Canada Highway near Sicamous, B.C., causing a
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‘I just don’t trust them.’ Some Canadian truckers refuse to enter US due to COVID-19
For some Canadian truckers, driving into the United States is too risky. As coronavirus cases surge in much of the U.S., some truck drivers from
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U.S. Customs agents stop Canadian cash smuggler with undeclared U.S. currency at Lewiston checkpoint
LEWISTON, N.Y. — A Canadian citizen hiding more than $200,000 in unreported U.S. currency in the cab of a tractor-trailer was stopped by U.S. Customs
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Driver assaulted at truck stop
OXFORD COUNTY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the alleged assault of a truck driver at a truck stop in the Township of Blandford-Blenheim,
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App lets cross-border truck drivers submit contact details in advance
OTTAWA, Ont. – Canada-bound truck drivers can now submit contact information to the Public Health Agency of Canada before reaching the border, using a new
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CTA social media tools to highlight trucking during Covid-19
TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is building on its recent #ThankATrucker campaign, with a series of social media tools to highlight the
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A year after Northern B.C. murders, victim’s mother finds support in Canadian trucker who also lost child
A memorial has grown at the Alaska Highway site where Chynna Deese and Lucas Fowler were murdered For three years after his daughter’s death, Ed
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